Friday, April 9, 2010

Spotlight and Book Giveaway: JUST LET ME LIE DOWN by Kristin van Ogtrop


Thanks to the generous folks at
Hachette Book Group,
I have been authorized to
 give away three (3) copies of
JUST LET ME LIE DOWN
by Kristin van Ogtrop.

Rules for entering this giveaway are at the bottom of this post.


Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Category: Biography and Autobiography
Format: Hardcover Book
Publish Date: 4/1/2010
Price: $24.99/$29.99
ISBN: 9780316068284
Pages: 272
Size: 5-1/2" x 8-1/4"

Description (from the publisher):
Kristin van Ogtrop knows she's lucky--fulfilling career, great husband, three healthy kids, and, depending on the hamster count, an impressive roster of pets. She also knows she is tired. Always. Using stories and insights from her own life, she provides a lexicon for the half-insane working mom. Anyone who has left a meeting to race to the Halloween parade immediately understands van Ogtrop's definition of "Kill the messenger" as "The action you must take in order to forget about the office for a time--that is, to remove your Blackberry/Treo/iPhone/whatever from your person and store it as far away as your neurotic self will allow.

Click here to join the HalfInsaneMom.com community.

Click here to visit the author's Real Simple blog, Adventures in Chaos.

About the author (from the publisher):
Kristin van Ogtrop is the editor of Real Simple magazine and has held positions at Glamour, Vogue, Travel & Leisure, and Premiere. She lives outside New York City with her family.


RULES FOR ENTERING THE GIVEAWAY:

• Leave a comment on this post telling me you would like to win. Include an email address with your comment so that I can contact you if you do win. Use a spam-thwarting format such as geebee.reads AT gmail DOT com or geebee.reads [at] gmail [dot] com

You must leave an email address in order to qualify. If I can't contact you, you can't win!

• You can earn an extra entry by being or becoming a Follower or Subscriber of this blog and telling me about it in a separate comment.

• Blog about this contest and provide me with the link to the post in a separate comment, and I'll give you yet another entry.

• Tweeting about this contest and providing me the link in a separate comment will get you one more entry. I've added a Retweet button at the bottom of every post.

• Stumble this blog, Digg it, or Technorati Fave it, whatever, and leave a separate comment for another entry.

• Winners must provide a U.S. or Canadian street address. Hachette is unable to deliver to P.O. Boxes.

Deadline for entry is 11:59 p.m. EST on Saturday, April 24, 2010.

• Winners will have 48 hours to respond to my email announcing that they have won; if I don't hear from a winner, I will draw another name. I use Random.org to determine winners.

Thank you to Anna
at Hachette Book Group
for making this giveaway possible.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!
THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.

40 comments:

Kelsey said...

I would love to win this one!

Thanks for the giveaway,
Kelsey
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Mystica said...

I hope I am lucky if I am the first!
Please count me in.

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Jennifer L. said...

I would love to win this book. Thanks for the contest.
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Jennifer L. said...

I'm a subscriber.
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Simply Stacie said...

follower

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Simply Stacie said...

Please count me in.

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ConundrumChum said...

I would like to win a copy.
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angie said...

I am a follower of this blog
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angie said...

I would love to win this book!
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angie said...

I tweeted http://twitter.com/bangersis/status/11938968891
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I subscribe via email
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Benita said...

Follower via GFC,

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Benita said...

Email subscriber.

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Benita said...

I'd love to win.

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holdenj said...

I'm a follower. Thanks!
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holdenj said...

It looks like a good book for bolstering my mood certain days! Thanks for the chance to win.
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traveler said...

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Teresa said...

I am a follower
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Teresa said...

I would like a chance, thank you!
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Martha Lawson said...

Sounds like a good one. Please enter me.

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Martha Lawson said...

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misskallie2000 said...

I am a follower via GFC


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misskallie2000 said...

Would love to read.

Pls enter me, Thanks


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misskallie2000 said...

old follower via twitter (@misskallie2000)

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Caroline said...

I would love to win!!

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Wendi P said...

I need a laugh so this sounds like a fun read.

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Wendi P said...

I follow you on google friend, thanks!

librarypat said...

I am a Subscriber.

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librarypat said...

I am a Follower.

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librarypat said...

I led that type of life, luckily before cell phones, etc. It was still hectic, but easier to get away from. For some reason , we feel guilty if we aren't connected all the time. We shouldn't. We need to be free much more often than we are.

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Lisa said...

And I subscribe. I don't comment often, but I subscribe!

Lisa said...

This sounds like my life.

Email in my profile.

Gerri said...

This sounds great...I would love to win it.
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Jenna said...

I am a follower also

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Jenna said...

I am an email subscriber

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Jenna said...

I'd love to win this book!

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Jenna said...

duh! its the 26th not the 24th! so glad I found your blog though.. great great reviews- I will have to go buy this book!